<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0dh7a0_1H3V1xlz00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0dh7a0_1H3V1xlz00" width="600" height="400" ><figcaption>Commissioner-Elect Katherine Waldron addresses supporters on election night at the Wellington Community Center. PHOTOS BY DENISE FLEISCHMAN</figcaption></figure>The massive blue tsunami that rolled across much of the United States during the Tuesday, Nov. 3 midterm election was felt right down to the District 6 race on the Palm Beach County Commission, according to both the winning challenger and the losing incumbent.Republican incumbent Sara Baxter, an Acreage resident, was soundly defeated by challenger Katherine Waldron, a Democrat who lives in Wellington.Waldron, a former member of the Florida House of Representatives, garnered 58.21 percent to Baxter’s 41.79 percent, according to unofficial results from the Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections Office.The national mood “had a huge impact,” Baxter said.“People were feeling the crunch of affordability,” she said after the election. “That was also true in my district.”“If you look at what happened across the country, I benefited from that,” agreed Waldron, especially as it related to her roughly 16-point win. “We had a pretty high percentage of voters come out. I had a fair amount of Republican and independent voters supporting me,” she added.Baxter had a slightly higher number of voters go to the polls on Election Day — 14,497 to 14,277 — but for all intents and purposes, the election was already over. Waldron topped Baxter with early voters 22,083 to 16,175 and overwhelmed her in mail-in balloting 14,531 to 5,863. The final total: 50,891 to 36,535.“My team, my volunteers and other supporters made a big difference,” Waldron said. “I’m deeply thankful to my family, friends, volunteers and every resident who supported this campaign.”Waldron holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Virginia and an MBA from Palm Beach Atlantic University. Her business experience includes co-founding MK Inc. of the Palm Beaches, which focuses on Caribbean economic development projects, co-founding information technology company Gamxing and serving as chief executive of Panacea Oyster Corp.Waldron served two terms on the Port of Palm Beach Commission, from 2017 to 2022, and from 2022 to 2024 representing Florida House District 93 in Tallahassee, which encompasses much of the same territory as District 6.“It’s an honor to return to elected service and to represent communities I have served for nearly a decade,” Waldron said in a prepared statement immediately after her victory.In the same statement, Waldron thanked Baxter for “a hard-fought campaign” and her service to the county, and that she looks forward to a smooth transition when she takes office Nov. 17.“I know how things work, and I know how to work with [state government in] Tallahassee,” she said.Her priorities included affordability, workforce housing, transportation and environmentally responsible development.Waldron did not enter the race until just a month before the filing deadline of June 12. Already running were political newcomers Rudolph “Rudy” Tinker of Loxahatchee and Royal Palm Beach resident Mario Guzman. However, Waldron easily outpaced her competition in the Aug. 18 primary with 53 percent of the vote.On the Republican side, Baxter took some 59 percent of the vote to easily turn back a challenge from Santa Rosa Groves resident Elizabeth Accomando, president of the Indian Trail Improvement District.Accomando filed June 13, 2025, choosing to pursue the county seat rather than seek a second ITID term.Baxter briefly upended the contest in June 2026, announcing a congressional campaign before returning to the county race four days later. She attributed her reversal to a telephone conversation with President Donald Trump, who already had endorsed her for the commission seat. “I don’t think it impacted me at all,” Baxter said about that flip-flop.Accomando declined to endorse Baxter and later appeared at Waldron’s election-night gathering.“I felt very strongly that the people of the district wanted change,” she said this week. “I wanted to support someone who wanted to work with Indian Trail in a way that [Baxter] did not. Voters wanted someone “who would listen to the people, and work for the people,” Accomando added.Baxter, then a political novice, defeated Democrat Michelle Oyola McGovern in 2022. She suffered a number of what many considered self-inflicted wounds during her four years but said this week that the media blew minor incidents out of proportion, aided by individuals entrenched in county government. “People saw me as change agent… [and] a lot of people don’t like change,” she said.Baxter said she was proud of successfully gaining needed roads and other infrastructure funding for her district and for more efficient county government. She reiterated that she never supported the controversial AI hyperscale data center known as Project Tango planned for 202 acres off Southern Blvd. near the Arden community.“In fact, I came out early against it,” she said.If she has one piece of advice for Waldron, she said it would be to “stand up for what you believe in. You’re never going to make everyone happy.”Baxter said that when she steps away from the county dais, “I’m just going to enjoy spending time with my family.”Asked if she might consider another political run, she said, “No one knows the future. I’m sure God has something in store for me.”<figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=0L0bTM_1H3V1xlz00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=0L0bTM_1H3V1xlz00" width="600" height="400" ></figure></div></body>

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The massive blue tsunami that rolled across much of the United States during the Tuesday, Nov. 3 midterm election was felt right down to the District 6 race on the Palm Beach County Commission, according to both the winning challenger and the losing incumbent. Republican incumbent Sara Baxter, an Acreage...

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Waldron Defeats Baxter To Claim District 6 County Seat

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